Curriculum Vitae

	PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name	Stephen McNabb
Address and Telephone	Belfast, Northern Ireland. Email me for full details.
Date of Birth	9th July 1974
Nationality	Irish
Email Address	me@stephenmcnabb.com
Web Site	http://www.stephenmcnabb.com/
	OBJECTIVE
	To obtain a position that will allow me to utilise my extensive skills as a web and applications developer, and works towards becoming a Technical Architect.
	SKILLS
Internet Development	ASP.NET (VB.NET & C#), ASP (VBScript), PHP, Perl5, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, ASP Component Development, IIS4 – IIS6, PWS
Application Development	VB.NET, Visual Basic 4, 5 & 6, Java, COM, COM+, SOAP, XML
Database Technologies	ADO.NET, ADO, DAO, SQL Server 2000, Sybase, MySQL, MS Access
Miscellaneous	OO, Visual Studio .NET 2002 & 2003, RM/COBOL, SCO Unix, Linux
	ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
School (1989 - 1992)	Our Lady and Saint Patrick's College, Knock, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
GCSE	9 Passes
A-Level	Technology : A, Mathematics : C, Physics : E
	UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
University (1992 - 1995)	Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT9 9BT Northern Ireland
Course	4 Year BSC Sandwich Course in Computer Science
Information	After completing 2 years of my course and commencing my one years work experience in 1995, with Relay, I was offered the opportunity of full-time employment with the company. After careful consideration of the advantages to be gained from professional experience as opposed to an academic qualification, I decided to accept the offer and postpone the completion of my degree. This decision has proven to have had a positive influence on my career path and I am now a confident and experienced computer professional.
	WORK EXPERIENCE
Company (May 2000 - Today)	Vision Consulting Ulster Bank House, Shaftesbury Square, Belfast BT2 7DL, Northern Ireland.
Web Site Address	www.vision.com
Position	Senior Web and Applications Developer
Information	Seeking further career advancement, I decided to accept a job with Vision. Their international profile and experience in large-scale web and application development offered more personal development and experience opportunities. My initial role included designing and developing high profile dynamic web sites and applications for local businesses, while offering my consultancy skills during the analysis stage. At the beginning of 2002 I moved on to a large project to develop a scalable, SOAP-based, COM+ WAN application and later assumed the role as technical lead. In 2003 I moved in to a team responsible for developing .NET intranet applications for our customers in the banking and financial sectors. This gave me exposure to new and emerging technologies, and allowed me to further improve my development standards and practises.
Company (Oct 1995 - May 2000)	Relay Business Software Ltd. 27 Ulsterville Avenue, Belfast BT9 7AS, Northern Ireland.
Web Site Address	www.relay.ie
Position	Full-Time Developer
Information	My main role, in the beginning, was as a COBOL programmer, which involved developing and supporting the Insurance Broker software - the largest selling product of the company. A chance for advancement came when I was asked to become one of a two man team who would be responsible for converting the COBOL & Unix based Insurance Broker software to a Visual Basic & Windows product. My position within the company was strengthened further when I was appointed the Team Leader for the Windows development team. When the company decided to start providing internet solutions I was the obvious choice to spearhead the development due to my already extensive web development skills and adaptability. I was solely responsible for the initial design and development of their successful online motor and household insurance solutions.
	FURTHER INFORMATION
General Information	Both mental and physical fitness are very important to me and this is reflected in the way I spend my spare time. Due to my chosen career path I spend a lot of my free time extending and fine tuning my computer knowledge and keeping up to date with the rapidly changing world of development. I have also run a number of web sites over the last few years, including game community sites and code sites, and I have written a number of articles for a popular game network site. A full list of sites and articles can be found on my personal web site. My most recent web site has a constantly growing user base of over 14,000 members, receives over 10,000 visitors a day and usually has 150 users active at any one time. The site consists of static and user-driven dynamic data, and provides a place for the players to discuss the game. You can find the site at: http://www.swgcraft.com/ On the physical side, you can usually find me hanging from a cliff or climbing wall on the end of a long rope.